List of foreign satellites launched by India

India has launched 257 satellites for 28 different countries as of September, 2018.[1] Commercial launches for foreign nations are negotiated through Antrix, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). All satellites were launched using the ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) expendable launch system. Between 2013 and 2015, India launched 28 foreign satellites for 13 different countries earning a total revenue of US$101 million.[2]

ISRO successfully launched 104 satellites on 15 February 2017, of which 3 satellites are Indian satellites while the remaining are foreign commercial satellites. Ninety-six satellites are from the United States, while the others come from Israel, the UAE, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.[3] It is the largest number of satellites launched on a single flight by any space agency. The previous record was held by Russia's Dnepr launcher which launched 37 in June 2014.[4]

List

No.SatelliteCountryLaunch dateLaunch massLaunch vehicleOther information
1DLR-Tubsat Germany26 May 199945 kgPSLV-C2ISRO's 1st commercial launch with foreign satellites as payload. India's Oceansat-1 was also launched. This was PSLV's 3rd launch overall.
2Kitsat-3 South Korea110 kg
3BIRD Germany22 October 200192 kgPSLV-C3ISRO's 2nd commercial launch.
4PROBA Belgium94 kg
5Lapan-TUBsat Indonesia10 January 200756 kgPSLV-C7
6Pehuensat-1 Argentina6 kg
7AGILE Italy23 April 2007352 kgPSLV-C8PSLV's 11th flight.
8TecSAR Israel21 January 2008295 kgPSLV-C10PSLV's 12th launch.
9CAN-X2 Canada28 April 20083.5 kg PSLV-C9ISRO launched 10 satellites, of which 8 were foreign[5].
10NLS-56.5 kg
11Delfi-C3 Netherlands2.2 kg
12AAUSAT-II Denmark0.75 kg
13COMPASS-1 Germany1 kg
14Rubin-88 kg
15CUTE-1.7  Japan3 kg
16SEEDS-21 kg
17UWE-2  Germany23 September 20091 kg PSLV-C14ISRO launched 7 satellites, of which 6 were foreign[6].
18BeeSat-11 kg
19RUBIN-9.18 kg
20RUBIN-9.28 kg
21ITUpSAT1  Turkey1 kg
22SwissCube-1   Switzerland1 kg
23Alsat-2A  Algeria12 July 2010 117 kg PSLV-C15 ISRO launched 5 satellites, of which 3 were foreign[7].
24AISSat-1  Canada6.5 kg
25TIsat-1   Switzerland1 kg
26VESSELSAT-1  Luxembourg12 January 201128.7 kg PSLV-C18 ISRO launched 4 satellites, of which 1 was foreign[8].
27X-SAT  Singapore20 April 2011105 kg PSLV-C16 ISRO launched 3 satellites, of which 1 was foreign[9].
28SPOT-6 France9 September 2012712 kgPSLV-C21PSLV's 22nd flight.
29PROITERES  Japan15 kg
30Sapphire  Canada25 February 2013148 kg PSLV-C20 ISRO launched 7 satellites, of which 6 were foreign[10].
31NEOSSat74 kg
32TUGSAT-1 Austria14 kg
33UniBRITE-114 kg
34AAUSAT3  Denmark0.8 kg
35STRaND-1 United Kingdom6.5 kg
36SPOT-7 France30 June 2014714 kgPSLV-C23PSLV's 10th flight in 'core-alone' configuration (i.e. without the use of solid strap-on motors).
37AISAT  Germany14 kg
38CanX-4  Canada15 kg
39CanX-57 kg
40VELOX-1  Singapore7 kg
41UK-DMC 3A  United Kingdom10 July 2015447 kgPSLV-C28[11]India's first exclusive foreign satellites launch, all the 5 payloads were from  United Kingdom. At the time it was the heaviest commercial mission (1439 kg) successfully accomplished using a launch vehicle assembled by ISRO.
42UK-DMC 3B447 kg
43UK-DMC 3C447 kg
44CBNT-191 kg
45De-OrbitSail7 kg
46LAPAN-A2 Indonesia28 September 201568 kg PSLV-C30Commercial satellites from  United States were launched on an Indian rocket for the first time. Astrosat, India's first dedicated astronomy satellite, was also launched on this flight.[12]
47NLS-14 (Ev9) Canada5.5 kg
48Lemur-2-Peter United States4 kg
49Lemur-2-Jeroen4 kg
50Lemur-2-Joel4 kg
51Lemur-2-Chris4 kg
52TeLEOS-1 Singapore16 December 2015400 kgPSLV-C29Exclusive commercial launch of 6  Singaporean satellites.
53VELOX-C1123 kg
54VELOX-II13 kg
55Athenoxat-1<5 kg
56Kent Ridge 1 (KR 1)78 kg
57Galassia3.4 kg
58 LAPAN A3  Indonesia 22 June 2016 120 kg PSLV-C34 ISRO launched 20 satellites (including 3 Indian satellites) aboard PSLV-C34, the highest number of satellites that the agency has launched aboard a single flight.[13][14]
59 BIROS  Germany 130 kg
60 M3MSat  Canada 85 kg
61 GHGsat-D 25.5 kg
62 SkySat Gen2-1  United States 110 kg
63-74 12 x Dove (satellite) 4.7 kg each
75 AlSAT-1N  Algeria 26 September 2016 7 kg PSLV-C35 ISRO launches 8 satellites in its 15th flight of the 'XL' version of the PSLV - 5 foreign satellites and 3 Indian satellites (SCATSAT-1, PRATHAM and PISAT).[15]
76 Alsat-1B 103 kg
77 Alsat-2B 117 kg
78 NLS-19  Canada 8 kg
79 Pathfinder-1  United States 44 kg
80-167 88 x Flock-3p  United States 15 February 2017 4.7 kg each PSLV-C37 ISRO launched 104 satellites, of which 3 were Indian satellites. It is the largest number of satellites launched on a single flight by any space agency[16].
168-175 8 x Lemur-2 4.6 kg each
176 Al Farabi-1  Kazakhstan 1.7 kg
177 BGUSAT  Israel 4.3 kg
178 Nayif-1  UAE 1.1 kg
179 DIDO-2  Israel
  Switzerland		 4.2 kg
180 PEASS  Belgium
 Germany
 Israel
 Netherlands		 3 kg
181 Pegasus(QB50 AT03)  Austria 23 June 2017 2 kg PSLV-C38 ISRO launched 31 satellites, of which 29 were foreign[17].
182 QB50-BE06  Belgium ?
183 SUCHAI-1  Chile 1 kg
184 VZLUSAT-1  Czech Republic 2 kg
185 Aalto-1  Finland 3.9 kg
186 ROBUSTA-1B  France 1 kg
187 COMPASS-2/Dragsail  Germany 4 kg
188 URSAMAIOR  Italy 3 kg
189 D-SAT 4.5 kg
190 Max Valier  Italy

 Germany

 15 kg
191 CE-SAT1  Japan 60 kg
192 Venta-1  Latvia 7.5 kg
193 LituanicaSAT-2  Lithuania 4 kg
194 skCUBE  Slovakia 1 kg
195 InflateSail  United Kingdom 3.2 kg
196 UCLSat 2 kg
197-199 3 x Diamond Satellites 18 kg
200 CICERO-6  United States ?
201-208 8 x Lemur-2 Satellites 4 kg each
209 Tyvak-53b ?
210 Telesat Phase-1 LEO  Canada 12 January 2018 168 kg PSLV-C40 ISRO Launched 31 satellites, of which 28 were foreign[18].
211 POC-1  Finland ?
212 PicSat  France 3.5 kg
213 CBNT-2  United Kingdom 42.7 kg
214 CANYVAL-X  South Korea 4 kg
215 CNUSAIL-1 4 kg
216 KAUSAT-5 3.2 kg
217 SIGMA 3.8 kg
218 STEP CUBE LAB 1 kg
219-222 4 x Flock-3p  United States 4.7 kg each
223-226 4 x Lemur-2 4 kg each
227-230 4 x SpaceBEE ?
231 DemoSat-2 ?
232 Micromas-2 3.8 kg
233 Tyvak-61C ?
234 Fox-1D 1.5 kg
235 Corvus BC3 10 kg
236 Arkyd-6 10 kg
237 CICERO-7 10 kg
238 NovaSAR  United Kingdom 16 September, 2018 445kg PSLV-C42 Exclusive commercial launch of two foreign satellites belonged to Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd (SSTL),  United Kingdom. The satellites were put into sun-synchronous orbit under a commercial arrangement with Antrix Corp Ltd, the commercial arm of the ISRO.
239 S1-4 444kg

Launch Statistics

The following bar chart/table shows the progression of capabilities in launching foreign satellites by ISRO since its first attempt in 1999

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50
75
100
125
150
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2002
2005
2008
2011
2014
2017
2018

Foreign Satellites by Country

No. Country Total Number of Satellites
1  United States 143
2  United Kingdom 14
3  Germany 13*
4  Canada 12
5  Singapore 8
6  South Korea 6
7  Belgium 5*
8  Algeria 4
9  Israel 4*
10  Italy 4
11  Japan 4
12  Austria 3
13  France 3
14  Indonesia 3
15   Switzerland 3*
16  Denmark 2
17  Finland 2
18  Netherlands 2*
19  Argentina 1
20  Chile 1
21  Czech Republic 1
22  Kazakhstan 1
23  Latvia 1
24  Lithuania 1
25  Luxembourg 1
26  Slovakia 1
27  Turkey 1
28  UAE 1

See also

References

  1. ↑ "International Customer Satellites Launched". www.antrix.gov.in. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "India says PSLV launches generated $101 million in commercial launch fees 2013-2015 - SpaceNews.com". SpaceNews.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "ISRO Launches PSLV-C37 Rocket: Here's the List of 104 Satellites on Board". NDTV Gadgets360. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "ISRO launches 104 satellites in one go, creates history". The Hindu. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "PSLV Successfully Launches Ten Satellites - ISRO". www.isro.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  6. ↑ "PSLV-C14 Successfully Launches Oceansat-2 Satellite - ISRO". www.isro.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  7. ↑ "PSLV-C15/CARTOSAT-2B - ISRO". www.isro.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  8. ↑ Subramanian, T. s (2011-10-12). "PSLV-C18 puts four satellites in orbit". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  9. ↑ "PSLV-C16/RESOURCESAT-2 - ISRO". www.isro.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  10. ↑ "PSLV-C20 - ISRO". www.isro.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
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  12. ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/us-start-up-spire-to-ride-on-indian-rocket-to-space-with-astrosat-115092600487_1.html
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  16. ↑ "PSLV-C37 Successfully Launches 104 Satellites in a Single Flight - ISRO". www.isro.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  17. ↑ "PSLV-C38 Successfully Launches 31 Satellites in a Single Flight - ISRO". www.isro.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
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